. .1. はじめに Covid-19 の影響が残る 2020 年 6 月 26 日、英国新倒産法(Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020)が施行され、英国 倒産法の大改正が実施されました。英国新倒産法の最大の目的は、債務者フレンドリーな倒産制度の確立にあります。欧州の ファイナンスのハブとして機能する英国は、これまでは比較的、債権者フレンドリーな倒産制度を採用していましたが、新倒産法に より方向転換が図られています。 本ニューズレターでは、ファイナンスの視点から、英国倒産法を概説すると共に、英国新倒産法によるファイナンス実務への影 響を考察します 1 。 2. 英国企業倒産手続及びその適用範囲 (1) 英国企業倒産手続とモラトリアム 英国の企業倒産手続には、主として①清算手続(Liquidation 又は Winding up)、②会社任意整理(Company Voluntary Arrangement)、③スキームオブアレンジメント(Scheme of Arrangement)、④会社管理手続(Administration)及び⑤財産管理手続 (Receivership)があります。
Along with tightening social controls, the months ahead will be defined by various critical relationships and the rules that govern them. Of course they all interlock: material change in any of them impacts each of the others. Which causes multiple complexities in decision-making and risk assessment processes, both within a business and when looking at critical suppliers and customers:
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IN BRIEF
There has been much speculation, but little certainty, as to whether the government intended to extend the provisions of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the 2020 Act).
Today (24th September) the Government has laid before parliament regulations designed to extend the protection offered to struggling businesses by the 2020 Act, beyond the original 30 September deadline.
Part 1: Introduction to orphan SPV repackaging transactions for Hong Kong SAR and Mainland China clients
This article was written by Richard Mazzochi, Minny Siu, Angus Sip and Ryan Iskandar
Good afternoon.
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the weeks of September 7 to 11 and September 14 to 18, 2020.
The past two weeks saw ten substantive decisions released by the Court of Appeal. Topics covered included bankruptcy & insolvency, contracts (freight), enforcement of letters of request by foreign courts, family law and insurance, as well as the usual procedural decisions relating to extensions of time and appellate jurisdiction.
Wishing everyone an enjoyable weekend.
This article by Jeremy Richmond QC and Chris Recker of Trowers & Hamlins was first published in International Corporate Rescue by Chase Cambria.
OVERVIEW
Re Redstar Transport Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] VSC 547
The joy of a summertime splash in the pool seems like a distant memory, at least for those of us in lockdown here in Melbourne.
Similarly elusive can be the granting of a pooling order under section 579E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) for a corporate group in liquidation.
Esta é a primeira edição do “Brasília em Pauta”, um boletim preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) e Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), bem como importantes questões a serem votadas pela Câmara dos Deputados e Senado Federal.
Background
The Finance Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 22 July 2020 and will restore HMRC as a preferential creditor on insolvency (Crown Preference) with effect from 1 December 2020.
There had been speculation that the Government would shelve or at least postpone the reintroduction of Crown Preference in the wake of Covid-19. In fact, even before the pandemic, the proposals had been widely criticised by the restructuring and insolvency industry as harmful to the UK’s corporate rescue culture.